Its Miss America Time - and as expected, NAM girls are holding their own!

Soooo....if you are NOT familiar with how the Miss America system works - let me give you a brief Miss America 101.

First, you must win your local pre-lim, this meaning that there are city/county pageants held throughout each  state. Winners of each local prelim  then advance to the state competition. Now, with most pageant systems - once you win - you cant compete for that title again. However, with the Miss America system, you can compete for your local pre-lim title as many times as you want,well until you either age out or you win the state title. However, once you win your state title - thats it, you cant compete anymore - you are officially Miss Alabama of Miss Wyoming, etc - and thats when you go on to compete for MISS AMERICA!!!! 

So to sum it all up: local, state, national.

The competitions and judging criteria are fierce . Contestants must demonstrate elegance in formal wear, have the most up-to-date knowledge and opinions of current affairs for the interview competition, stake a claim on a platform or topic that is meaningful to her, donate numerous hours of community service on this platform and be prepared to share her views and opinions on it. And while doing all this - she must maintain the upmost healthy lifestyle, demonstrating it via the swimsuit competition and topping it all of - she must be talented in some degree( singing, dancing, music, etc). In other words, she is the ideal, well-rounded American woman!

It often takes girls YEARS of competing in the America system to get to the final Miss America stage, the level of competition is beyond compare!!! To even win you prelim title is TOUGH! However, it is never any surprise when I see soo many NAM girls doing well in the Miss America System - lets not forget - Miss AMERICA is pretty much the superbowl of pageantry - and its what most serious pageant competitors dream of  becoming. Well, all the local prelim competitions are done and those winners are advancing on this summer to compete for their state competitions....hoping that they get to the superbowl!!

Lets see which NAM girls we can be rooting for...some of them you may recognize, hoping they take home their State Title. I think its safe to say, from coast to coast, that  NAM girls are holding their own ...take a look:

Stephanie Connelly 

 Miss Chesterfield, competing for Miss VIRGINA

 

2 TIME NATIONAL NAM QUEEN:

 2004 National All-American Miss Teen and 2007 National American Miss

Ravayna Tracey

Miss Spirit of the Red, competing for Miss LOUISIANA

FIRST EVER NATIONAL AMERICAN MISS TEEN & 2005 National American Miss Miss New York

Kenley Minchew

Miss Lafayete, competing for Miss LOUISIANA

National American Miss Emcee, Entertainer, and Choreographer

   

Aubry Bozzano

Miss Dupage County, competing for Miss ILLINOIS

2007 National American Miss Illinois and National American Miss staff (you may recognize AUBRY from OPEN CALLS!!)

Michelle Matlock

Miss Cherry Creek, competing for Miss COLORADA

2008 National American Miss Colorado, 2008 National  Ambassador

Maggie Delaney

Miss Indiana  University, competing for Miss INDIANA

3rd Runner up to National All American Miss Jr. Teen title in 2005

Brooke Kilgarriff

Miss Twin Cities, competing for Miss MINNESOTA

2003 National American Miss Minnesota Jr. Teen Talent Winner 

Erika Frantzve

Miss Scottsdale, competing for Miss ARIZONA

2006 National American Miss Arizona Teen

Melanie Schneider

Miss Southern Central, competed for Miss MISSOURI

National American Miss Missouri 2007

Vanessa Baez

Miss Shore Resort, competing for Miss NEW JERSEY

New Jersey National American Miss 2005

Kara Adams

Miss Kansas City Premier, competed for Miss MISSOURI last week...placed 3rd RUNNER UP!!

National American Miss staff member

Staci Klinginsmith

Miss Emerald City, competed for Miss KANSAS last week - placed 3rd RUNNER UP!!!!!!

2006 National American Miss Kansas Teen, 2nd Runner up to National Title

Sheridan Fulkerson

Miss Eastern Oklahoma County, competed for Miss OKLAHOMA last week - Preliminary Swimsuit Winner

2005 Miss Oklahoma Jr. Teen

Michelle McCoy

Miss South Oklahoma City, competed for Miss OKLAHOMA last week

National American Miss Emcee

I think its safe to say - National American Miss definitely ROCKS!!!! If your dream is to become Miss America, then National American Miss is a GREAT way to start preparing - just take a look at the proof!!!!!